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Andrew Cuomo will seek a one-year salary freeze for state workers in his State of the State on Wednesday, setting off a battle with public sector unions.
The acting head of the State Police defied Gov. Cuomo and tried to give outgoing Gov. David Paters… …

An inside look at how the city bungled the storm response.
And here’s another.
Mayor Bloomberg admitted that the city’s response was inadequate.
Sanitation workers tell Queens council member Daniel Halloran that they institued a work slow-down during t… …

Could Dennis Kucinich be redistricted out?
Tempers are flaring at JFK.
Vito Lopez will retire on Dec 31, then be back on the job Jan 1.
The Q Train is, alas, back.
Dan Jacoby has some messaging advice for Mike Bloomberg.
Is the end of the filibuster em… …

NYT A1 lede: As New York City struggled with huge snowdrifts left by a crippling blizzard the day before, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg acknowledged on Tuesday that the cleanup had been slower than expected and the impact worse than had been apparent when… …

The snowstorm made it appear as if the whole city had somehow tilted and needed to be righted.
Russ Buettner looks at how the city choreographs snow removal.
New Yorkers remain unimpressed.
Just be glad you weren’t stuck on the subway.
In li… …

Mayor Bloomberg’s block looks “positively spiffy,” with ultra-quick snow removal, the Times reports.
And, as Josh Robin notes, so does City Hall.
Erin Durkin writes a harrowing, first person account of being stuck on an A-train for 7 hours.
And the sub… …

Monster Blizzard!
You are basically not going anywhere today.
Sanitation workers had to end their holiday early to clean up the streets.
Mayor Bloomberg said that budget cuts would not be affected by snow removal.
After 16 years on the outside, the Cuo… …

The 9/11 Health Bill is now law.
Hillary Clinton, who sponsored the legislation when she was New York’s Senator, was coincidentally on hand in the Capitol.
The passage of Zadroga and DADT puts the spotlight on Kirsten Gillibrand.
John Liu stepped up hi… …

Chuck Schumer called Kirsten Gillibrand the “botherer-in-chief” for her work on Zadroga.
How exactly did Republicans end up against the 9/11 Health Bill?
Gillibrand took a bow in the pages of the HuffPo.
Mike Bloomberg singled out Rudy Giuliani and Jon… …

Tomorrow is a big day for political junkies: census figures are announced, so states find out how many congressional seats (and electoral college votes) they gain or lose.
Walter Shapiro notes that New York has lost seats in every census since 1950.
Bl… …